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    PrinciplesofForensicDocumentExploration
    1. Forensicdocumentexaminersoftendealwithquestionsofdocumentauthenticity.

    2. Whattypesofthingsareforensicexaminerslookingfor?

    Evidenceofalterations,obliterations,erasuresandpagesubstitutions.

    3. Whatarethethreemainprinciplesofcomparinghandwriting?
    Thefirstoneisgivenasufficientamountofhandwriting,notwoskilledwritersshowidentical
    handwritingfeatures.Thesecondoneiseverypersonhasarangeofnaturalvariationtohisor
    herwriting.Thethirdoneisnowritercanexceedhisorherskilllevel.

    Whyandwhenisforensicdocumentexaminationused?

    4. Whataresomereasonsinvestigatorswillwanttoexaminetheauthenticityof
    documents?
    Somereasonsisthatdocumentsarepartofdailylifesotheycancheckifthedocumenthasa
    forgedsignature.Theywouldchecktheauthenticityfordocumentssuchas:
    forgeries

    counterfeiting
    identitytheft
    fraud
    suicides

    homicides

    bankrobberies
    HowItsDonereadEvidenceThatMayBeExaminedandCollectingtheKnownand
    Unknown
    5. Howdoanalystsobtainknownspecimens?Whatisaknownspecimen?
    Theycanobtainthemfromanynumberofknownsourcessuchasaninkmanufactureror
    machine.Aknownspecimenisapieceofwritingthatisknownfromwhereitcamefrom.

    ReadHowandWheretheAnalysisIsPerformedandfocusonsectionExaminationof
    handwriting
    6. Whataresomecharacteristicsofhandwritingthataretakenintoconsiderationwhen
    comparingwritingsamples?
    Wordandletterspacing,slantorslope,speed,penposition,useofcapitalization,
    embellishments,legibility,useofpunctuation,andproportionoflettersplusotherattributes.
    7. Aretwosignaturesfromthesamepersonusuallyidentical?

    No,theyarenotusuallyidenticalandhavesmallchangeseachtime.

    8. Whatdoyouneedtohaveinordertoconductacomparison?
    Youneedtohaveknownwritingsamplesthataresimilarincharactertothedocument.They
    shouldalsohave2030repetitivesignatures.
    FAQs
    9. Brieflydescribesomelimitationsofdocumentanalysis.
    Whentheevidenceisnotoriginalitcanaffecttheamountofinformationthatcanbefoundonit.
    Theremaynotbeenoughofthesampletogetananalysis.Thequalityofthespecimenisbad
    ortherearenotenoughsamplestocomparetheoriginaldocumentto.

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